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Garnishee banker: obligations, responsibilities and management of complex garnishee accounts
By Raphaël MORENON14 September 2025Is your bank a garnishee? Understand the key obligations in the event of a bank attachment to avoid penalties. Secure your transactions against the risks!
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> The practice of seizing propertyA practical, chronological and exhaustive study of the implementation of a property seizure procedure.
We put all our expertise to work to achieve a simple objective: to prevent a property seizure.
Unpaid vendors, lessors, secured creditors: specific situations in the event of insolvency proceedings
When a company enters collective proceedings (safeguard, reorganisation or judicial liquidation), the general rules, such as the declaration of claims or the stay of proceedings, apply to all its previous creditors. However, the law recognises that certain situations are special and deserve specific treatment. This is particularly the case if you are...Day-to-day management of your commercial lease: rights, obligations and amendments
Signing a commercial lease is just the beginning of a contractual relationship that will shape the life of your business for many years to come. Far from being a fixed document, the commercial lease is the framework for ongoing interaction between the tenant (lessee) and the owner (lessor). Understanding the rights and obligations...B2B commercial relations: protecting yourself against significant imbalance and sudden termination
In French law, a significant imbalance refers to a situation in which a contract imposes obligations on one of the parties that are excessive in relation to those of the other party, creating an unjustified advantage for the party in the stronger position. This protective mechanism, enshrined in three separate texts...Bearer notes: operation and rules of a discreet payment instrument
In the landscape of financial instruments and means of payment, some tools, although less common today, retain a legal existence of their own. Alongside the well-known cheques, transfers and bills of exchange, the bearer note is a curiosity. Its apparent simplicity, however, conceals a legal regime...Credit insurance vs bond insurance: understanding the differences
These two insurance mechanisms protect commercial transactions, but they operate differently. Confusing them can lead to costly strategic errors for businesses. Credit insurance: main features Credit insurance protects the creditor-seller against the risk of non-payment. Creditors take out this insurance to protect themselves against the insolvency of their customers. According to V. Nicolas,...Victim of a miscarriage of justice? Your rights to compensation
The Outreau case left a lasting impression: thirteen people were acquitted after being held in pre-trial detention for up to three years. This judicial drama, which highlighted the ordeal of the wrongly accused, is a poignant illustration that the judicial system is not infallible. Behind the mistakes lie...Maritime courts: a specialised jurisdiction little known in French law
Maritime law has its own rules and specific jurisdictions. Among these, the maritime courts occupy a special place in the French judicial architecture. Created by the Order of 2 November 2012, they have replaced the former commercial maritime courts (TMC) to hear cases involving breaches of the safety rules applicable to...Proving unfair competition: fault, injury and causation explained
You're convinced that a competitor is using unfair methods to harm you. Your intuition tells you that something is wrong, that the competition is no longer on a level playing field. But there's often a gap between the intimate conviction that you're a victim and the ability to prove it in a court of law...Cross-border enforcement and exequatur of foreign judgments
Winning a case does not guarantee payment. This situation is exacerbated when the debtor or his assets are located abroad. Exequatur under French common law Exequatur transforms a foreign judgment into an enforceable title in France. This process is based on article 509 of the Code of Civil Procedure: "judgments...Who are the key players in insolvency proceedings in France?
When a company is experiencing significant financial difficulties, French law provides for specific mechanisms to try to save it or, if this is not possible, to organise an orderly winding-up of its business. These procedures, known as sauvegarde, redressement judiciaire or liquidation judiciaire, may seem complex...
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